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“Oh God; Middle School. “

September 12, 2014 by NTE Leave a Comment

That’s what a lot of books for kids boil down to: Just “Oh God; Middle school”. And for good reason. I didn’t go to middle school – in my city, elementary school was K-8 and then it was high school that hit you like a hydrogen bomb (although you may, questionably, at least have had a few more years of ‘maturity’ to help you deal with it by then) – but it’s still all the same principle. You’re going along, living your regular kid life, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: early readers, middle grade fiction

NTE's CBR6 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: early readers, middle grade fiction ·
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Nesting

September 9, 2014 by NTE Leave a Comment

Nest is the debut work by author Esther Ehrlich, and it is a touching, tender piece of children’s fiction. Sixth grader Naomi “Chirp” Orenstein lives on cozy Cape Cod with her family – Mom, Dad, older sister, Rachel – and always has. And she has no idea just how many things in her comfortable life are about to change, when her mom falls ill and things start unraveling. The book is split into two halves – The first half of the book is set in […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: children's fiction, debut novel, middle grade fiction

NTE's CBR6 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: children's fiction, debut novel, middle grade fiction ·
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